SheWolfSymphony Progress Report

“Listen to them, the children of the night. What music they make!”


Grand Surveyorate of the Crown

“A land unnamed is a land unguarded. A people unmeasured are a people imperiled.” — Grand Surveyor Konstantin Arkhotsev, 629 ZR

711 words

Veliky Serebrinsk

“Veliky Serebrinsk does not sleep; it waits. Its lights glitter on the river like promises, and beneath them the water remembers every stone that was forced into place.”

1014 words

Anya Aleksandrovna Serebryakova

“They think I drink because I am empty. They never consider I drink because I feel everything.” - Anya

1232 words

Winter Palace

“The Winter Palace does not rule the empire. It reminds the empire that it is ruled.” — anonymous court chronicler, 612 ZR

1048 words

Inquisitor-General of the Crown

“Mercy is a luxury of stability. I exist to ensure stability.” — Inquisitor-General Morozov, sealed testimony, 671 ZR

713 words

Serebryan Pallor

“The patient speaks clearly, performs his duties, and obeys without hesitation... yet when asked what brings him joy, he is silent.” — Physician Drovnin, On the Pallor of Modern Service, 579 ZR

676 words

Velikozoryanski | High Zoryan

High Zoryan — the ceremonial language of empire, law, and record, where power is spoken softly and made permanent.

537 words

Imperial Portraitist

“They do not ask me to paint what is there. They ask me to paint what must remain.” — Prince N. S. Lanskoy, private correspondence, 679 ZR

640 words

The Silverwinter Revolt

“The river erased our maps. The Crown erased us.” — graffiti recorded and removed, Low Banks district, 683 ZR

707 words

Serebraya Zorya

“The empire does not ask whether it should endure. It only asks how much it must measure to do so.”

636 words

Velikozoryanski Narod | High Zoryan

“To be High Zoryan is not to ask who you are, but to know where you stand.”

851 words

Aleksandr IV Serebryakov

“The empire does not endure because it is loved. It endures because it is necessary. History has never forgiven what collapses.”

823 words

Elizaveta Petrovna Vyazemskaya

“If you listen long enough, people will tell you what frightens them. If you remember it, they will never forgive you.”

719 words

Innokenty Beloyar

“There are sins that demand repentance, and sins that demand silence. I am trusted with both, and absolved by neither.” — Archimandrite Innokenty Beloyar, private confession notes

674 words

Katerina Aleksandrovna Serebryakova

“They tell me the Crown is heavier than it looks. What they do not tell me is how many hands have already been crushed beneath it.”

707 words

Lev Arkadyevich Volkov

“I do not heal. I stay. And sometimes, staying is enough.” — attributed to Lev Arkadyevich Volkov

730 words

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Serebryakov

“They asked me to lie so the empire could endure. I refused—and learned that endurance is the lie.”

936 words

Nikolai Sergeyevich Lanskoy

“Power wants to be remembered as inevitable. I prefer to remember it as tired.”

699 words

Pavel Nikolayevich Radin

“The state does not fail when it starves its people. It fails when it teaches them that starvation is natural.”

697 words

Pyotr Vasilievich Karsin

“Mercy is not the absence of punishment. It is the certainty that punishment will be remembered.” — Pyotr Vasilievich Karsin, inaugural address to the Crown Inquisition

552 words

Sergei Ivanovich Krestovnik

“You speak of suffering as though it were a failure. I assure you, it has been calculated.”

635 words

Viktor Leonidovich Morozov

“Punishment is inefficient. Behavioral correction is cheaper.”

681 words

Yelena Mikhailovna Serebryakova

“I have learned that one can do great harm by doing nothing at all and still be praised for it.”

716 words

Konstantin Arkhotsev

“What cannot be measured cannot be governed. What cannot be governed will eventually govern us.” — Konstantin Arkhotsev, marginal note on a revised provincial survey

760 words

Sergei Arkhotsev I

“The empire does not conquer what it cannot describe. Therefore, description must come first.”

600 words

SheWolfSymphony Progress so far

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SheWolfSymphony

Welcome to the symphony of shadows and stories. I'm a passionate writer and worldbuilder who thrives on crafting dark, gritty, and serious tales that delve into the depths of human nature, supernatural intrigue, and the complexities of life. Wolves hold a special place in my heart, and you’ll often find their fierce spirit and primal beauty reflected in my work—werewolves, especially, are my jam.

When I’m not weaving intricate worlds, I’m diving into anime, soaking up the power of music, or losing myself in the storytelling of my favorite movies. My creations are my way of exploring the raw edges of reality while reveling in the fantastical. If you’re into intense narratives, layered characters, and a touch of the wild, you’re in the right place.


Interests & Hobbies


  • Learning Linguistics & Languages
  • Writing
  • Gaming
  • Fur-Baby Mama
  • World-Building
  • Web Design


Favorite Movies


Anime Movies
  • Howl's Moving Castle
  • Spirited Away
  • Princess Mononoke
  • Jin-Roh
  • Samurai X (Trust/Betrayal)
  • GW: Endless Waltz
  • Vampire Hunter D & VHD: Bloodlust
  • FF7: Last Order
  • Blood: the Last Vampire

Live Action
  • Ninja Terminator
  • Snatch
  • No Country for Old Men
  • Predator (1+2)
  • Aliens franchise
  • Howling


Favorite TV Series


Anime Series
  • Mirage of Blaze
  • Sailor Moon
  • Revolutionary Girl Utena
  • Wolf's Rain
  • Neon Genesis Evangelion
  • Cowboy Bebop
  • Pokemon (Indigo League)
  • DBZ
  • Bleach
  • Inuyasha
  • Rurouni Kenshin
  • Berserk
  • Bubblegum Crisis: 2040
  • X
  • Hellsing (orig & ultimate)
  • Fate Stay/Night

Live Action Series
  • Star Trek:TNG
  • Star Trek: DS9
  • Picard
  • Ultraman
  • I Love Lucy
  • GoT
  • Kitchen Nightmares (US & UK)
  • Saved by the Bell
  • Picard
  • The Elephant Show (Sharon, Lois, Bram)
  • Eureka's Castle

Western Cartoons
  • Babaar
  • David the Gnome
  • Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
  • Transformers (G1/Prime)
  • Jem & the Holograms
  • The Little Bits
  • Maya the Bee
  • The Little Koala
  • Rupert
  • Rin Tin Tin
  • The Simpsons
  • 90s Nickelodeon Nostalgia
  • Batman: the animated series
  • Batman Beyond


Favorite Books


    Non-Fiction
  • The Gnostics - Brakke
  • Gospel of Judas - Brakke (transl.)
  • Tokyo Vice - Adelstein

  • Fiction
  • LotR - Tolkien
  • Romeo & Juliet - Shakespeare


Favorite Writers


Academic
  • Prof. Bentley Layton
  • Prof. David Brakke
  • Prof. Bart D. Ehrman
  • Prof. James Tabor
  • Prof. Lawrence Schiffman

    Non-Fiction
  • Rb. David Wolpe
  • Jake Adelstein

Fiction
  • Terry Brooks
  • William Shakespeare
  • J.R.R. Tolkien


Favorite Games


Video Games
  • Frostpunk
  • The Order 1886
  • Populous (snes)
  • Final Fantasy 6/7/8
  • Elder Scrolls/Fallout series
  • Sims 3&4
  • Zelda
  • Legend of Dragoon
  • VtM: Bloodlines&Redemption(pc)/Swansong&Coteries of New York&Shadows of New York (ps4)
  • Werewolf the Apocalypse:Earthblood&Heart of the Forest (ps4)
  • Hunter the Reckoning (xbox) & HtR:Wayward (ps2)
  • Resident Evil saga
  • Silent Hill (1/2/3)
  • Nightmare Creatures (1/2)

Various CCGs
  • Magic the Gathering
  • L5R
  • VtM:Jyhad/Gehenna & the newer 5e style
  • Overpower (marvel, dc, image)
  • WtA:Rage
  • Wyvern
  • Barbarians
  • Star Wars
  • Star Trek:TNG

TTRPGs
  • D&D/AD&D (3, 3.5, 4, 5E)
  • Old World of Darkness
  • New World of Darkness
  • Vampire 5E (modiphius)
  • Rifts
  • Shadowrun 4E
  • L5R
  • Conan: adventures
  • Star Trek: adventures
  • Nibiru


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